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diff -rNU2 proprietary.html proprietary.html
--- proprietary.html    2021-02-07 05:02:22.452385111 +0000
+++ proprietary.html    2021-02-23 05:01:53.173295455 +0000
@@ -187,4 +187,37 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102190">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The Prodigy maths game played in schools
+    at no cost entices students to play it at home, where <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/19/maths-app-targeting-uk-schools-is-criticised-over-premium-model";>
+    the company tries to lure them into paying for a premium
+    subscription</a> in exchange for mere cosmetic features that, at
+    school, underline the socioeconomic gap between those who can afford
+    it and those who can't.</p>
+
+    <p>The strategy of <a href="https:/education/edu-schools.html">using
+    schools as a fishing pool for customers</a> is a common practice
+    traditionally adopted by nonfree software companies.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M202012250">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-12</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The HonorLock online exam
+    proctoring program is a surveillance tool that <a
+    
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/students-are-pushing-back-against-proctoring-surveillance-apps";>tracks
+    students and collects data</a> such as face, driving license, and
+    network information, among others, in blatant violation of students'
+    privacy.</p>
+
+    <p>Preventing students from cheating should not be an excuse for
+    running malware/spyware on their computers, and it's good that students
+    are protesting. But their petitions overlook a crucial issue, namely,
+    the injustice of being forced to run nonfree software in order to
+    get an education.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202102010">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
@@ -222,32 +255,4 @@
     country do?  Those are the questions this raises.</p>
   </li>
-
-  <li id="M202101110">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-01</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>A cracker <a
-    
href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7apnn/your-cock-is-mine-now-hacker-locks-internet-connected-chastity-cage-demands-ransom";>took
-    control of people's internet-connected chastity cages and demanded
-    ransom</a>. The chastity cages are being controlled by a proprietary
-    app (mobile program).</p>
-
-    <p><small>(Please note that the article
-    wrongly refers to crackers as "<a
-    href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker">hackers</a>".)</small></p>
-  </li>
-
-  <li id="M202101080">
-    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-01</small>'
-    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
-    <p>As of 2021, WhatsApp (one of Facebook's subsidiaries) is <a
-    
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlypage/2021/01/08/whatsapp-tells-users-share-your-data-with-facebook-or-well-deactivate-your-account/";>forcing
-    its users to hand over sensitive personal data</a> to its parent
-    company. This increases Facebook's power over users, and further
-    jeopardizes people's privacy and security.</p>
-
-    <p>Instead of WhatsApp you can use <a
-    href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Jami";>GNU Jami</a>, which is
-    free software and will not collect your data.</p>
-  </li>
 </ul>
 
@@ -312,5 +317,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/06 13:44:42 $
+$Date: 2021/02/22 17:32:53 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-manipulation.html proprietary-manipulation.html
--- proprietary-manipulation.html       2021-02-07 05:02:22.464385111 +0000
+++ proprietary-manipulation.html       2021-02-23 05:01:53.185295455 +0000
@@ -74,4 +74,20 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202102190">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The Prodigy maths game played in schools
+    at no cost entices students to play it at home, where <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/19/maths-app-targeting-uk-schools-is-criticised-over-premium-model";>
+    the company tries to lure them into paying for a premium
+    subscription</a> in exchange for mere cosmetic features that, at
+    school, underline the socioeconomic gap between those who can afford
+    it and those who can't.</p>
+
+    <p>The strategy of <a href="https:/education/edu-schools.html">using
+    schools as a fishing pool for customers</a> is a common practice
+    traditionally adopted by nonfree software companies.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201905300">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2019-05</small>'
@@ -172,5 +188,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/01/18 12:55:50 $
+$Date: 2021/02/22 17:32:53 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
diff -rNU2 proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary-surveillance.html
--- proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-02-07 05:02:22.480385111 +0000
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html       2021-02-23 05:01:53.197295455 +0000
@@ -3202,4 +3202,21 @@
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M202012250">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-12</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The HonorLock online exam
+    proctoring program is a surveillance tool that <a
+    
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/students-are-pushing-back-against-proctoring-surveillance-apps";>tracks
+    students and collects data</a> such as face, driving license, and
+    network information, among others, in blatant violation of students'
+    privacy.</p>
+
+    <p>Preventing students from cheating should not be an excuse for
+    running malware/spyware on their computers, and it's good that students
+    are protesting. But their petitions overlook a crucial issue, namely,
+    the injustice of being forced to run nonfree software in order to
+    get an education.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202009070">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-09</small>'
@@ -3317,5 +3334,5 @@
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/02/06 15:36:33 $
+$Date: 2021/02/22 10:24:33 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>